Keith Urban just kicked off his HIGH AND ALIVE WORLD TOUR over the weekend, playing a trio of shows. He says the most difficult thing for him to do when preparing to tour is to put together the set list.
“It’s a lot of trial and error with set lists for me. I agonize over setlists. It’s like a Rubik’s Cube. I spend months and months over setlists tweaking, coming back to it every couple of days, looking at it. I put a playlist together and Iisten to the songs back-to-back-to-back and just feel the flow from one song into the next – energy-wise, thematically, the key, tempo, everything. Does this feel like it should flow out of that? Is the audience gonna be exhausted right about here? This would be a good time for a ballad. This would be a good time to strip it down to an acoustic song and then BOOM right back out of the gate again and trying to imagine what the live experience is gonna be and put a setlist together for it. But, having said that, on opening night I’m gonna learn a lot about which song where, and we’ll just keep making changes as the tour unfolds.”
UPCOMING DATES:
- May 30th – PNC Music Pavillion – Charlotte, NC
- May 31st – Coastal Credit Union Music Park – Raleigh, NC
- June 5th – Spotify House at Ole Red – Nashville, TN
- June 6th – Nissan Stadium (CMA Fest) – Nashville, TN
- June 12th – BankNH Pavilion – Gilford, NH
- June 13th – PNC Bank Arts Center – Holmdel, NJ
- June 14th – Northwell at Jones Beach Theater – Wantagh, NY
For more info and a list of all shows, go to keithurban.com.
